US 11,983,396 B1
Generating augmented reality tours
Luigi Percuoco, Monza (IT); Alexcia Bernice Cleveland, Henrico, VA (US); and Giovanni Stefanelli, Brugherio (IT)
Filed by ARTGLASS USA LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/340,514, filed on May 11, 2022.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for generating an augmented reality tour, the method comprises:
receiving, by an application server, information associated with a tour place of an augmented reality tour, wherein the information associated with the tour place comprises at least one of images of the tour place, videos of the tour place, and spot preferences of a visitor for the augmented reality tour;
selecting, by the application server, a set of points of interest associated with the tour place based on the information associated with the tour place, wherein each point of interest indicates a visiting spot of the tour place;
generating, by the application server, a plurality of nodes associated with each point of interest of the set of points of interest, wherein the plurality of nodes includes at least one of a menu node, a marker node, a location node, a scene node, a timer node, a full screen video node, an instant tracking node, and a pause node; and
modifying, by the application server, a combination of one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes to create tour paths in the augmented reality tour, wherein the modification corresponds to at least one of adding, deleting, and rearranging the one or more nodes, thereby generating the augmented reality tour;
wherein the menu node provides a set of action icons associated with the tour paths to the visitor, and wherein each action icon from the set of action icons indicates a next node from the plurality of nodes, and wherein the menu node provides an ability to:
add images to the set of action icons for finding the tour paths;
set a default next node with a user-defined timer if no action icon is selected;
send text instructions to the visitor; and
assign the next node for each action icon of the menu node.